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Definition of Porphyrio porphyrio
1. Noun. Purple gallinule of southern Europe.
Lexicographical Neighbors of Porphyrio Porphyrio
Literary usage of Porphyrio porphyrio
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Hand-book to the Birds of Great Britain by Richard Bowdler Sharpe (1897)
"The eggs vary very much in shape. Axis, 1-1-1-95 inches ; diam., 1-1-1-4 THE
PURPLE GALLINULES. GENUS PORPHYRIO. Porphyrio, Briss. Orn. vi. p. 522 (1760). ..."
2. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Edward Griffith, Charles Hamilton Smith, Edward Pidgeon, John Edward Gray, George Robert Gray (1829)
"... thighs, and rump, white; quills and tail, brown; bill, yellow. Cayenne.
The Gallinula Flavirostris of Lath. and Temm. Green-mantled Porphyrio. Porphyrio ..."
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